In the 1860 US Federal Census for Upper, Crawford, Arkansas, 35-year-old Tennessee-born Samuel P Lane owns $700 worth of real estate and $895 worth of person property. He and his 33-year-old [sic] Indiana-born [sic] wife Nancy [Seratt] Lane have in their household their children, 15-year-old Tennessee-born Farage E [Elizabeth F], 11-year-old Illinois-born Polly, 8-year-old Arkansas-born Francis M, 6-year-old Arkansas-born Delila, 4-year-old Arkansas-born Mary A and 2-year-old Arkansas-born Samuel. , Polly and Francis have attended school in the past year.
In the 1880 US Federal Census for Richland, Crawford, Arkansas, 50-year-old Tennessee-born farm laborer Samuel P [Sr] and his 48-year-old Ohio-born wife Nancy [Seratt] Lane have in their children, 15-year-old N.E. [Nancy E], 12-year-old James B, 9-year-old Missourie [sic] and 16-year-old nephew and farm laborer Silas Blue. Nancy was born in Missouri, but the rest of the children were born in Arkansas. Samuel Sr's parents were born in Tennessee; Nancy Seratt's parents' birthplaces are unknown; their children's father was born in Tennessee and their mother in Ohio; Silas Blue's parents' birthplaces are unknown. Living next door are Samuel and Nancy's 22-year-old Missouri-born farm laborer son, Samuel P and his wife 18-year-old Texas-born Annie M [maiden name unknown] Lane. Samuel Jr's father was born in Tennessee and his mother in Ohio; Annie's father was born in Massachusetts [?] and her mother in Ohio.